Sophie Scott

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Professor Scott studied psychology at the Polytechnic of Central London between 1987-1990, then did a PhD at UCL. She worked in Cambridge at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit from 1993-1998, and then returned to UCL to work at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience. Professor Scott was awarded a Welcome Trust Fellowship in 2001 and has been funded by them since. Her work addresses the neurobiology of human vocal behaviour and vocal communication from sound to speech.